Hokes Bluff High School

Located at 1865 Appalachia Rd, in Hokes Bluff, Alabama, Hokes Bluff High School is a cozy four-year high school that enrolls 371 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Etowah County. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 46% below typical.

Hokes Bluff High School is one of 22 schools operated by Etowah County, a district that teaches 8,739 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hokes Bluff High School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Hokes Bluff High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Etowah County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hokes Bluff High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.4%; this one comes in at 31.2%, -22.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Etowah County shows median household income runs about $54,563, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Hokes Bluff High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hokes Bluff Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hokes Bluff High School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hokes Bluff High School has shrank 9%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025.

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